Concluding session of the Ad Hoc Committee

29 January - 9 February 2024, New York

In accordance with General Assembly resolution 75/282 and the road map and mode of work approved at its first session, the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 74/247, held its concluding session from 29 January to 9 February 2024 in New York.

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Meeting documentation

Official documents

Official documents are shared as they become available. Word versions of documents can be accessed in the Official Document System.

Symbol	Title
A/AC.291/24	Annotated provisional agenda
A/AC.291/22/Rev.1	Revised draft text of the convention
A/AC.291/22/Rev.2	Further revised draft text of the convention
A/AC.291/CRP.18	Chair’s proposal on articles 3, 5, 17, 24 and 35
A/AC.291/25	Draft resolution for consideration by the General Assembly
A/AC.291/L.13	Draft decision submitted by the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee
A/AC.291/26	Report of the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes on its concluding session
A/AC.291/INF/9/Rev.1	List of Participants

Chair's documents

Methodology for conducting the work by the Ad Hoc Committee at its concluding session proposed by the Committee Chair (15 January 2024) - PDF

Explanatory notes on the Revised draft text of the convention (24 January 2024) - PDF

Working documents

Revised Preamble (28 January 2024) PDF

Working documents of the open-ended informal meetings of the concluding session

Reproduced as received and as circulated to delegations during the session

Proposals by the Committee Chair: 1 February 2024 - 2 February 2024 - 5 February 2024 - 6 February 2024 - 8 February 2024

Proposals by delegations: 30 January 2024 - 31 January 2024

Submissions related to the concluding session of the Ad Hoc Committee

Submissions by Member States and non-member observer States

Canada (updated on 5 February 2024) (E) (F)

India (E)

Mexico (E)

Russian Federation

(E) (R) | (E) (R) | (E) (E) I (E) (F) (R) (S) (12 March 2024)

(E) (F) (R) (S) (28 March 2024)

(E) (F) (R) (S) (4 April 2024)

(E) (F) (R) (S) (15 April 2024)

United States (E)

Written submissions and statements by multi-stakeholders

Global and regional intergovernmental organizations, including United Nations bodies, specialized agencies and funds, as well as representatives of functional commissions of the Economic and Social Council

Asociatia Eliberare (E)

International Chamber of Commerce [ICC] (E)

International Criminal Police Organization [INTERPOL] (E)

Non-governmental organizations that are in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, in accordance with Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996

ECPAT USA (E)

Privacy International (E) (E)

GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (E)

Other relevant non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector

Cyber Saathi Foundation (E)

Cyberpeace Institute (E)

Cybersecurity Tech Accord (E)

Electronic Frontier Foundation (E)

Global Partners Digital (E)

Microsoft (E)

Stein Schjolberg (E)

Joint submission by multiple organizations under operative paragraphs 8 and 9 of General Assembly resolution 75/282 (E) (E)

Statements by multi-stakeholders

UN Web TV videos

The meeting is available on demand on the UN Web TV website. You will find the direct links to the videos of the concluding session on this page.

The videos are available as long as they are stored in the UN Web TV database.

Consistency group

The language consistency group, which was established during the fifth session of the Ad Hoc Committee (A/AC.291/20), continued its work during the concluding session. The Consistency Group is coordinated by Claudio Peguero Castillo (Dominican Republic), Vice-Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee. The consistency group is composed of experts nominated by the following Member States: Argentina, Belarus, Burkina Faso, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Russian Federation, Singapore, Sudan, United Kingdom, United States and Yemen.

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